A team of visionaries plan to launch a 40 foot rocketship in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. The rocket has its own fictional story, including the “fact” that it was invented in the 1940s. It’s being called the “Raygun Gothic Rocket.” If you want to see 1940′s pulp science fiction at full size in real life, [...]

In space, 41,000 miles is nearby. Very nearby. The object with the not-very-memorable name of 2009 DD45 came that close to hitting the earth and causing some very memorable damage. Discovered only days ago, the asteroid is 65 to 164 feet across and was traveling at 12 miles per second at its closest approach to [...]

The recent safety report by NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Board notes that NASA’s infrastructure is deteriorating and poses a safety threat. Over 80 percent of NASA facilities are beyond their design life, and annual maintenance is underfunded.1 Facilities continue to degrade and facilities failures are starting to impact missions and have safety implications Agency-wide. Evidence [...]